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How good is the democracy when you need to live somewhere to participate but all of the land is already owned and there aren’t many rental options so rent is to
by teaearlgraycold 4y ago
How good is the democracy when you need to live somewhere to participate but all of the land is already owned and there aren’t many rental options so rent is too high? Not everyone needs to be able to live anywhere but as a Bay Area resident I think a lot about the masses of people that work in my city but can’t afford to live there. And they have no vote on how that city manages housing even though they’re an important member of its economy.
- dmitrygr 4y ago> How good is the democracy when you need to live somewhere to participate That is literally how it should work. That is why I (living in Austin) do not vote for local elections in Berlin.
- teaearlgraycold 4y agoShould have said “sleep” not “live”. Working somewhere full time should entitle you to some say.
- dmitrygr 4y agoHm, I am not sure that my nanny or housekeeper should have a say in how I run my household. The cooks at McDonalds do not get to say how McD runs their business. I would argue that that scales up correctly.
- teaearlgraycold 4y agoWorkers should have a say in their working environment. Unions are the best way to ensure that. A nanny can’t exactly employ collective bargaining so unionization won’t work there, but most people aren’t working alone so that’s an exception.
- dmitrygr 4y agoYou are right. Working environment. They can opine about that. House prices aren’t working environment, they are sleeping environment as you said.